Skating Tripods wrote:I'm buying tickets for Wrigley and figuring out how to get there that week. Obviously I can drive myself, but who knows if I can afford a hotel. Maybe Ziner will put me and the missus up for a night!

I want to get to Wrigley as well. I heard tix are a bitch though, how are you getting yours?

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In case anyone is interested in getting bang for your buck on a road trips:

Yanks and Mets both home 4/17,18,19O's and Nats 9/4,5,6A's and Giants 7/31 8/1,2Rangers and Astros 4/17,18,19 6/26,27,28 9/11,12,13,25,26,27Marlins and Rays 5/15,16,17 - what's really cool about this series is having a space shuttle launch on the 15th. I'll actually be down in Florida for this weekendThere is no weekend where the Cubs and Sox are each in town. I went to just such a weekend with my pop last year. Since the Cubs and Sox are never in town together, that means the Brewers must share a lot of weekend games with those teams - 6 series in Milwaukee when the Sox are in Chicago and 8 weekend series when the Cubs are in Chicago. It's about a 90 minute drive, or you can take the train for about $20 (I think)

I bought the Cubs tix from Stubhub last year and paid through the nose. Wrigleyville is kinda grimey, but Wrigley really is a great place to see a game.

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Skating Tripods wrote:I'm buying tickets for Wrigley and figuring out how to get there that week. Obviously I can drive myself, but who knows if I can afford a hotel. Maybe Ziner will put me and the missus up for a night!

I want to get to Wrigley as well. I heard tix are a bitch though, how are you getting yours?

I plan on going to Wrigley too. I have been following this for the past month. Regular season Cubs tickets aren't for sale yet and there isn't a date according to cubs.com. I searched it and found that tickets go on sale in Feb. however the website I found this on was answers.com, so nothing official. My best guess is to check the website periodically for the sale date and then be at the ready the minute they go on sale. It's a weekend series so Fri, Sat afternoon games for sure and then whether or not it is a Sun night ESPN game. The series is on Father's Day weekend. I used that nugget and it saved me a from the wife.

Skating Tripods wrote:I'm buying tickets for Wrigley and figuring out how to get there that week. Obviously I can drive myself, but who knows if I can afford a hotel. Maybe Ziner will put me and the missus up for a night!

I want to get to Wrigley as well. I heard tix are a bitch though, how are you getting yours?

I plan on going to Wrigley too. I have been following this for the past month. Regular season Cubs tickets aren't for sale yet and there isn't a date according to cubs.com. I searched it and found that tickets go on sale in Feb. however the website I found this on was answers.com, so nothing official. My best guess is to check the website periodically for the sale date and then be at the ready the minute they go on sale. It's a weekend series so Fri, Sat afternoon games for sure and then whether or not it is a Sun night ESPN game. The series is on Father's Day weekend. I used that nugget and it saved me a from the wife.

Anyone ever do or know anyone that has done a rooftop game?

I have friends who have done rooftops and swear by them. I will probably do it for at least one of the Tribe games. $100-150 all you can eat and drink, not too shabby of a seat, definitely worth it if you're a drinker.

Honestly, if you have never been to Wrigley, buy the regular ticket, go in and see the actual stadium. The rooftop is cool, but you should actually go in and see the place at least once, just a great stadium with a nice feel. Muncipal but not as shitty, still has the poles though. Nothing like having an Old Style in Wrigley.

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Also, if anyone wants to see the K-Tribe in action, the high-A affiliate of the Nationals plays just south of DC. I think it is the closest Carolina League park to Cleveland, and you can always do the combo K-Tribe/nation's capital trip. Just let me know ahead of time, and I'll put the beers on ice.

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Let me tell you, if any of you douchebag empty headed stuffed suit nanny politicians tries to fuck with my bacon, I’m going after you like a crazed chimpanzee on bath salts. -----Lars

Gotribe31 wrote:I want to get to Wrigley as well. I heard tix are a bitch though, how are you getting yours?

I don't know. Whore myself out?

Somehow, I can't see that working out to well for me

I guess I'm just going to find out when single games go on sale for the Cubs and try to grab some tickets for at least one of the Indians games then. Unfortunately, it'll be a "prime" series, so tickets will be about double.

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OpusTPenguin wrote:Marlins and Rays 5/15,16,17 - what's really cool about this series is having a space shuttle launch on the 15th. I'll actually be down in Florida for this weekend

You are going to be doing some heavy duty driving in Florida. Marlins in Miami, Rays in Tampa, and the space shuttle on the east coast (Cape Canaveral). That's some mileage. Have fun. Space launches are incredible.

"It's all about winning for me, and I think the Cavs are committed to doing that," he said. "But at the same time I've given myself options to this point, and like I said before, me and my team, we have a game plan that we're going to execute, and we'll see what we get."

Went to Wrigley 2 summers ago where they lost a heartbreaker to the Reds, I believe (can't remember- just remember Zambrano and Howry!). Awesome experience. Friends got the seats, so not sure how. THey are White Sox season ticket holders so they were upset when I didn't choose to see them instead of Cubbies (as if!). Awesome, except for the poles, as another writer commented. It was a madhouse leaving there by train- would have stayed at a bar but friends had to work in the am!!;(

For me, a road trip is a home game in Cleveland as I make my annual pilgramage to the Jake. I may also hit Detroit. If you are in NE Ohio, the trip to Toronto is an easy one. It's a five hour drive and with a favourable exchange rate, you can do it fairly cheaply. That poor excuse for a ballpark - Skydome/Rogers Centre is nothing to see (in my opinion), but you can walk up and buy good tickets quite easily right up until game time. There is lots to do in the area and I might even buy you a beer!

TO: I'm heading up to Toronto to catch two of the US's games in the WBC in March. Staying at the Westin since it's nice and pretty close. We got a great AAA rate. Any recommendations on where to eat?

Will be heading to Pittsburgh for sure to catch one of those games. Wish I could go to Wrigley but that will never happen, lol. Went to Cincy last year for the series down there, not going this season though.

cb wrote:PNC in June. Never been but very excited. Heard it is beautiful.

Went to Wrigley 2 summers ago where they lost a heartbreaker to the Reds, I believe (can't remember- just remember Zambrano and Howry!). Awesome experience. Friends got the seats, so not sure how. THey are White Sox season ticket holders so they were upset when I didn't choose to see them instead of Cubbies (as if!). Awesome, except for the poles, as another writer commented. It was a madhouse leaving there by train- would have stayed at a bar but friends had to work in the am!!;(

Reminds me of the Simpson's I saw last night. Homer and Mr. Burns in Chicago, seeing the city, monuments going past as they drive. They pass a stadium that says "Wrigley Field- Home of the Cubs" then pass another stadium that says just "Stadium Where the White Sox Play".

That about sums it up.

Worse than going to NYC to see friends and ending up at Shea rather than Yankee Stadium. And Wrigleyille has it ALL over Cabrini green as far as neighborhoods go.

I almost wanna go there and put on my Quinn Jersey to piss of the Yinz. A little payback .

They playing the Reds this year at Cincy? Dug going to watching the game in their new stadium last time I went to see them play...Milwaukee? I think.

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Cerebral_DownTime wrote:I have a big arm and can throw the ball pretty damn far...... maybe even over those moutains. The Browns should sign me, i'll let you all in locker room to drink beer. Then we can all go out the parking lot to watch me do motorcycle stunts.

As I am closer to Cinci, I am sure I will take in one of the games during the May 22-24 series at GABP.

I will most definitely catch Columbus when they come to Victory Field in Indianapolis to play the Indy Indians in the beginning week of the International League's season. I will see them a lot with Indy and Cbus being in the same division, I will try to catch every game when they come to Indy, so I will try to bring some highlights to the boards. I've never been to the stadium in Louisville, and it is not much farther than Indy, so I may go down there and catch the Clippers there too.

Tribe Fan since 1995!

And...

Remember, fans, Tuesday is Die Hard Night. Free admission for anyone who was actually alive the last time the Indians won the pennant.

dazindiansfanuk wrote:They playing any games in London this year?? No? damn!

I'm gonna be in Las Vegas from April 29th until Mid-may.... any games near then around that time?

Stinks to be living on this side of the pond some times.

4-5 hour drive to LA would be your best option.

But you are in Vegas, you can enjoy all of Baseball at the Wynn or Bellagio on the big screens in the sports book.

Also, if you want to see a game, I'd recommend hitting a 51s game. Its pretty cool to see them play in the low humidity, high heat air. The ball just carries. 420 to dead center with a 20ish foot wall and people still crank them out of the park.

We do baseball trips every year, mainly to see the stadiums, as we haven't yet seen the Tribe on the road. I hate going through scalpers so what I do is sign up for all of the MLB.com newsletters for the team(s) we are planning to visit. These, like the Tribe ones, usually give you notice as to when tickets are on sale and, if you're lucky, you get a password to get your pick of tickets a day or two before the general public. You do end up getting a lot of extra emails that you don't necessarily want about all the goings-on for those teams, but I find it worth it to weed through all of that to find out what I do need to know. There's a page somewhere on MLB.com that lists all the newsletters they send from all of the teams - you can check all you want then hit submit. If you can't find it please post and I will go try and remember where it is.

While neither offered early sales last year to subscribers, I was able to get regular price tickets for games at both Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium last year for the exact dates I needed (last day/first day of homestands) because I knew exactly when they would go on sale from these newsletters. Of course the tickets were still overpriced (compared to Cleveland) and the seats, particularly at Yankee Stadium, stunk, but there wasn't anyone else making money on the deal.

This year we're going to Washington/Baltimore in June. The Orioles are home against the Mets and then right after Washington's at home against somebody. Oriole single game sales start on the 17th - the newsletter subscribers got a password for a special pre-sale on the 14th and 15th. Nationals single game sales haven't started yet, nor have they for any of the other newsletters I get (Chicago teams, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, New York teams, Phillies, Pittsburgh, still need to sign up for Detroit I think).

We do baseball trips every year, mainly to see the stadiums, as we haven't yet seen the Tribe on the road. I hate going through scalpers so what I do is sign up for all of the MLB.com newsletters for the team(s) we are planning to visit. These, like the Tribe ones, usually give you notice as to when tickets are on sale and, if you're lucky, you get a password to get your pick of tickets a day or two before the general public. You do end up getting a lot of extra emails that you don't necessarily want about all the goings-on for those teams, but I find it worth it to weed through all of that to find out what I do need to know. There's a page somewhere on MLB.com that lists all the newsletters they send from all of the teams - you can check all you want then hit submit. If you can't find it please post and I will go try and remember where it is.

While neither offered early sales last year to subscribers, I was able to get regular price tickets for games at both Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium last year for the exact dates I needed (last day/first day of homestands) because I knew exactly when they would go on sale from these newsletters. Of course the tickets were still overpriced (compared to Cleveland) and the seats, particularly at Yankee Stadium, stunk, but there wasn't anyone else making money on the deal.

This year we're going to Washington/Baltimore in June. The Orioles are home against the Mets and then right after Washington's at home against somebody. Oriole single game sales start on the 17th - the newsletter subscribers got a password for a special pre-sale on the 14th and 15th. Nationals single game sales haven't started yet, nor have they for any of the other newsletters I get (Chicago teams, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, New York teams, Phillies, Pittsburgh, still need to sign up for Detroit I think).

I hope this helps.

PK

It would help more if you posted the password to get the pre-sale tix for the Baltimore series

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves-----Abe Lincoln

Let me tell you, if any of you douchebag empty headed stuffed suit nanny politicians tries to fuck with my bacon, I’m going after you like a crazed chimpanzee on bath salts. -----Lars

Gotribe31 wrote:I want to get to Wrigley as well. I heard tix are a bitch though, how are you getting yours?

I don't know. Whore myself out?

Somehow, I can't see that working out to well for me

I guess I'm just going to find out when single games go on sale for the Cubs and try to grab some tickets for at least one of the Indians games then. Unfortunately, it'll be a "prime" series, so tickets will be about double.

According to the Cubs website, tickets go on sale to the public on Feb. 20, Friday, FYI.

Saw a ballgame at Wrigley for the first time on Friday. Despite the ending of the game, it was a great experience. It's like stepping back in time when ballparks were part of the community. Saw the rooftops and the pagentry for my own eyes.

Haven't seen poles in sight lines nor troughs for urinals since Municipal. The lower deck grand stand reminded me of Municipal where if a ball was hit in the air, it was lost from sight, but there were televisions so people could follow the path of the ball if they chose. My wife and I both thought that the overall ballpark, not the field but the walkways, facilities, etc were in better condition than Fenway and old Yankee.

Most importantly, the Cubs fans we talked to realize what a rare gem they have in this old ballpark and respect it. Despite the early rain, downpour at times and the fast approaching rain at the end of the game (plus the meltdown) I am truly glad that I finally made it to this ballpark!